When is dry season in florida

Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More. First, we need to understand the two major patterns that govern the weather for most of Florida, the rainy season and the dry season.

The rainy season, which runs from late May through mid-October, is when showers and storms develop daily from sea breeze interactions. Sea breezes lift the warm, moist air to create the afternoon and evening storms the state is known for.

Dry air moves in, limiting the sea breeze from developing daily storms. Fronts drive almost all of the rainfall in the dry season, which only arrive every weeks. Sometimes, the first cold front that moves through the area ends the rainy season.

Other times, weak systems will knock down storm chances, but tropical moisture builds back in a week or two later. Want to avoid the heat and humidity, and don't have children tethered to the school calendar? Visit Florida during the dry season. However, that's not exactly a well-kept secret. Daily 12 Today. Weather Explainers. By Jonathan Erdman October 20, At a Glance Florida experiences seasons, despite the popular perception from tourists.

While occasionally cold air does intrude in winter, the most pronounced seasonal difference in Florida is precipitation. Late autumn through early spring is the Sunshine State's dry season.

The purple dashed lines depict typical sea-breeze boundaries that help to trigger storm formation from late spring into early fall. Bizarre Red and Green Mountain. Whirlpool Can't Keep Pumpkin Down.

Usually, the dry season kicks into gear once a strong front pushes through the area, bringing with it drier and slightly cooler weather. The earliest start to dry season ever was back on September 27, , and the latest start was November 7, On average, our dry season runs from mid-October through the end of May. This means dry season, on average, is about days. For the past few years, the dry season start date has been behind the average. For the past two years, the change has happened around Halloween.

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